Repeating rifle.



J. W. MONTAGUE.

RBPEATING RIFLE.

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J. W. MONTAGUB.

REPEATING RIFLE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED wmzs. 1910.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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REPEATING RIFLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23. 1910.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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REPBATING RIFLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.23. 1910.

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J. W. MONTAGUE.

REPEATING RIFLE.

APPLICATION FILED we. 23, 1910.

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ATTORNEYS THE NORRIS PETERS ca. PHOTO-Lindon WASHINGTON, u. c.

snares JOHN WESLEY MONT'AGUE, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

nnrna'rrne RIFLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914:.

Application filed August 23, 1910. Serial No. 578,507.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. MoNTAeUE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dominion of Canada,haveinvented a new and Improved Repeating Rifie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved repeating rifle, and particularly relates to improvements in the breech bolt action and the magazine carrier.

An object of this invention is to provide a rilie in which the breech bolt is rotated by the reciprocation of the sleeve, and thereby cooks the rifle hammer by a cam action, the cams interlocking after the cooking action has been completed, by a forward motion of the hammer holding the several parts rigid after the bolt is turned, until it is necessary for the bolt to turn back into its proper place.

A further object of this invention is to provide a magazine carrier in which the carrying or wing portion is set at an angle to the aXis of the carrier and revolves around the same in that form to carry the cartridge at the proper angle so that it may be properly deposited in the chamber of the rifle barrel.

Theseand further objects, together with the construction and combination of parts, will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through the rifle chamber, showing one form of my improvements; Fig.2 is a vertical fragmentary section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, parts being removed for the sake of simplicity; Fig. 3 is a detached view of a modified form of magazine carrier; Fig. 4: is a vertical transverse section on the line H of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detail section of the firing pin sleeve, showing its interlocking connection with the breech bolt; Fig. 6 is a frag1nentary transverse section showing one form of means for connecting the draw bar with the bolt sleeve; Fig. '7 is a longitudinal vertical section through another form of rifle embodying my invention; Fig. 8 is a trans verse section showing the action of the magazine carrier in removing the last cartridge;

Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line 99 of Fig. 7 Fig. 10 is a vertical section on the' line 1010 of Fig. 7; Fig. 11 is a longitudinal section through another form of rifle embodying my invention, which may be designated as the military type Fig. 12

is a vertical section on the line 12-12 of Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a vertical section on the line 13-l3 of Fig. 11; Fig. 14 is a vertical section on the line 1111 of Fig. 11; Fig. 15 is a longitudinal vertical section through another rifle embodying still another form of my device, showing the breech open, with the cartridge ready to enter the rifle barrel; Fig. 16 is a vertical section on the line, 1.t316 of Fig. 15; Fig. 17 is a vertical section on the line 1717 of Fig. 15; Fig. 18 is a fragmentary vertical section showing the manner of connecting the draw bar to the bolt sleeve; Fig. 19 is a horizontal detail section showing the lock for preventing the cartridges escaping from-the magazine; Fig. 20 is a detached view of the slide for closing the opening in the receiver chamber; Fig. 21 is a fragmentary view illustrating one end of the breech bolt; and Fig. 22 is a, detail front end view of the breech bolt.

It is to be noted that the various embodiments of my invention are the same or similar in principle, and in the various figures the same parts will be indicated by the same reference numerals. and such fea tures as differ from each other will be set forth by supplementary explanation.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts, 1 indicates a barrel, which is secured in any suitable manner to a receiver 2, which is provided with a breech opening or well 8. Slidingly mounted in the receiver 2, there is provided a breech bolt 4, which is provided with a longitudinally extending central opening 5. At the rear end of this opening, there is provided a firing pin sleeve 6, which is connected to the breech bolt 4, as will be seen more clearly by ref erence to Fig. 5, by having a pair of lugs 7, which are adapted to slide in longitudinally-extending grooves 8 and be secured to the breech bolt 4 by being rotated a fraction of a revolution, so that the lugs 7 will engage in transverse grooves 9. This sleeve 7 forms a bearing for a firing pin 10, which is slidingly mounted therein and in the opening 5 in the breech bolt 4. The firing pin 10 is provided at its front end with a collar 11, between which and the sleeve 6 there is located a mainspring 12, which is adapted to actuate the firing pin 10 to strike one of j the cartridges when in position. For this purpose, the firing pin 10 is provided at its ejected, after firing. The rear end of the firingpin 10 extends throughan opening in a hammer 17, and inorder' to prevent rotation relative to said hammer and the remaining parts, the firing pin 10 is provided with a flattened portion at 18. For the purpose of securing the hammer and firing pin together, and in fact, securing all of the firing mechanism in the receiver, there is,

provided a nut 19, which has a screwthreaded opening, which engages. a screw threaded shank 20 on the firing pin 1O. This nut is normally secured against rotation, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 1,

by meansfof a latch fll, which is urged out- Wardly by a spring 29, so that the latch 21 will engage in a notch in the nut 19, and

therebyprevent it becoming accidentally,

detached. When it is desired to remove the nut 19 for the purpose of taking the mechanism apart, it is merely necessary to depress the latch 21 from engagement with the notch in the nut, thereby permitting the nut to rotate by a slight manipulation with the fingers. The front face of the hammer 17 is provided with a pair of cams 23, which are adapted to engage similar cams 24 on the rear end of the breech bolt 4. The purpose of these cams is for cooking the rifle in a manner to be described hereinafter. The hammer 17 may be providedwith suitable safety locks indicated by the numerals 25 and 26, which are adapted to cooperate with a spring pressed stop 27 on the stock 28 of the rifle. These elements, however, do not forma part of the present invention, and therefore will not be specifically clescribed. The front end of the breech bolt & is provided with lugs 29, which are adapted to engage in cross cam grooves 30 in the receiver 2' when the breech bolt is in its forform continuations of ways 90, in which the lugs are adapted to travel during the back and forth motion of the bolt The outside of the breech bolt 4: is formed with a plurality of threads 31 and space s 32, in this case six in number. These threads have a pitch of one turn in four and a half inches, and are shown as left-handedthreads.

Concentrically mounted on the breech. bolt 4, there is provided a breech bolt sleeve 3E3, which has similar threads and spaces to engage the threads and spaces-31 and 32. As will be seen by reference to the vided adjacent its upper side with a lug 34, which extends the full length thereof, and

slides-in a groover35 located in the receiver. .75,

2. There is also located on the sleeve 38,:

7,0 transverse sections, this sleeve 33Qisjpro',

adjacent its lowerside, a lug 36, which also 4 extends the full length thereof and-engages 1 in a corresponding groove in the receiver-Q. This structure prevents the sleeve 'f10II1 "I'0-" tating; therefere," when the. sleeve is -reciprocated,'it must cause the boltto rotate byreason of the worm' or screw-threadedconnection therebetween. The sleeve may be operated in any suitable manner, anda- .1 .1 .85]

number of ways of manipulatingthe same have been shown.

In the forms illustrated'in Figs.

16, 17 and 18, the sleeve 33 is shown as hav-- ing an extension 37 form'ed on the lower lug f 3;};

36, to which is secured in any suitablemam ner, as by means of interlocking lugs and-.1 recessesBS, a draw bar 39., the latter extending for-ward, where it may be operated' in any suitable manner, as by meansof a hand I :9 I In the form illustrated in F igs. 11 and 14 l grip slidingly mounted. on the barrel.

commonly known as the military typei, j

a handle 40 is provided adjacent the side of the breech, which is connected to the sleeve, at the upper side thereof, as at the lug 34.

Still another form of connection for ma-.

nipulating thesleev'e is shown in Figs. 1

and 6, where the draw bar 39 is connected to an overhang 41 formed on the lug .iY i

The upper lug 34 on the'sleeve 33 is provided with a groove, in which is slidingly mounted an extractor l2. This extractor may be connected to the breech bolt 4 by means of a lug -13, which is adapted to be sprung into a groove in the breech bolt after the extractor has been passed into'the groove in the lug 3%. In Fig. 15, this lug 48 is shown in the form of a double cross .memher. In Fig. 1, an additional lug 44 is used,"- for the purpose of forming a strong connection between the breech bolt and the receiver, to prevent accidental disengagement of the two parts when used in rifles firing heavily-charged cartridges. The lower-lug iz u 36 on the breech bolt sleeve 33 is also provided with a groove, in which is sliding-1y mounted a bearlng member 45, which lslalso connected by a tongue 4'6 to the breech bolt 4 bybeing sprung into a groove therein. I

The purpose of this'bearing member45 is to offera smooth surface to the uppermost cartridge in the magazine.

The forwardy movement of. the sleeve '38 is limited by the breech bolt itself, which is enlarged'so as to i have its upper surface extend flush with:

opposite end to the wing. Ihis will permit the wing to urge the forward end of the cartridge up, so that the cartridge will be in an inclined position when the breech bolt is shifted to its open position, thereby adapting the cartridge to readily enter the barrel when the breech bolt is shifted forward, and still permitting the uppermost cartridge to have its front end depressed back into the magazine when he breech bolt and the, parts connected thereto are shifted to their closed position.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the body portion of the carrier is disclosed as comprising two parts 67 and 68, movable relative to each other on the pin bolt 5%, and each having an individual spring 69, which is capable of rotating its part of the body portion relative to the other part.

Extending from the parts 67 and 68, there are provided arms 70 and 71, which are connected to opposite ends of a wing 72. This serves the same purpose as the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in that it permits the front end of the uppermost cartridge to be projected, when desired, into the breech well, and to be depressed by the sleeve and sleeve bolt passing thereover. twill be noted by reference to Fig. 2 that the wing in this case shown as pivoted to the arms 70 and 71 and extending considerable distance therefrom. Such a structure is desirable when the magazine 51 is to be located a considerable distance below the breech wello3. The carrier body where the carfridges rest upon it is formed with a circumferential concavity at 73 so as to conform to the shape of the cartridges as they lie within such concavity at an angle to the axis of the carrier. More specifically, for instance, if the main part of the cartridge is cylindrical, the concavity will be substantially elliptical in longitudinal section, the form corresponding to the shape of a cylinder cut by a plane at an angle to its axis. By this construction the cartridges all rest on the carrier body substantially throughout their length. It will also be noted in the form illustrated in Fig. 1 that the magazine 51 tapers from its rear to its front, so as to conform to the taper of the cartric ge.

The forms illustrated are shown as adapted to tapering cartridges having non-projeoting rims. Other forms may be utilized for the purpose of manipulating cartridges with projecting rims, and in such an event, allowance will be made for the proper passage of each cartridge from the chamber to the breech well.

In order that the cartridges, when shifted from the magazine 51 to the breech well 3 may not be bodily projected into the air, there is provided a movable lip or stop 74, which extends laterally into the well chamber through a groove in the receiver. and is pivhandheld below the well opening.

The operation of the device will be readily understood when taken in connection, with the above description. If we suppose the gun to. be closed, and the breech bolt sleeve. at the forward end of the breech bolt, in order to open the gun it is necessary to draw back the sleeve, and in doing so the sleeve moves over the. bolt onev and one-half inches, or onethird the pitch of the worm thread on its inside, and thus turns the bolt a full onethird of a revolution, which action presents the lugs of the bolt in line with the ways of the receiver, and also in line with the ribs on the outside of the breech bolt sleeve. While this turning action of the breech bolt is taking place, the cams on the rear end of thebolt and the front end of the hammer have acted and compressed the hammer back three-fifths of its stroke, or about three-eighths of an inch. During the last one-sixteenth of an inch of the turn of the bolt, the points of the two cams pass each other, and a reverse motion of the hammer of one-sixteenth of an inch takes place, forming an interlocking of the cams. This back action of the cams is cut at about the same angle as the forward angle of the cam. This one-sixteenth of an inch of back action of the cams throws the bolt clean over tov its full stroke, by means of the main spring 12 pulling the two sets of cams together. The interlocking of the cams holds the breech bolt sleeve and the hammer rigidly together in one solid piece during the balance of the backward stroke, or until they have reached the breech bolt check, and the cartridge is raised out of the magazine in front of the bolt, ready to be carried forward into the rifle barrel. In Whichever form of magazine carrier is used, the cartridge is automatically swung up into position by the spring shifting the wing around a part of a revolution. By pressing forward on the sleeve, the breech bolt passes forward with it as one piece, carrying the cartridge in front of it into the chamber of the rifle, until the hammer reaches the sear 49. llhe hammer now stands still while the sleeve and bolt bear forward, and the lugs 29 on the bolt arrive at the cross grooves which the outer surface of the sleeve. The rearward movement of the sleeve 33 is limited by the hammer 17 and also by a block on the extractor 42 provided at its rearward end and projecting inwardly sufficiently to engage the rear endof the sleeve 33 when the latter is in its rearmost position. The

rearward movement of the bolt 4 is limited by a stop 91, which'projects into the receiver in a manner which willbe more clearly seen by reference to Fig. 12. The forward end of the extractor 42 is provided'with a downwardly-extending tongue 47, which projects over the recess 15, and is adapted to engage on its upper surface the rim of the cartridge, so as to extract the'same from the barrel 1. The work of the extractor may be aided by a spring-pressed pin 48, illustrated in Fig. 1, which engages the rear end of the cartridge, on thelower side thereof. For the purpose of holding the hammer 17 and permitting the forward movement of the breech bolt relative thereto, there is provided asear 49, which is adapted to be released for the purpose of firing, by means of a trigger 50, when not prevented by the safety stop 27.

Disposed below the well 3; that is to say,

subjacent the cavity located to the rear of the barrel '1, there is provided amagazine 51, in which the cartridges to be successively supplied to the barrel 1, are stored. For the purpose of automatically supplying the successive cartridges to the breech bolt, so that it can force them into the chamber in the barrel 1, I have shown several forms of magazine carrier. The main idea in all of these forms, however, is to provide a carrier with a wing portion which engages the cartridges, extending at an angle to the axis of rotation of the carrier, so as to allow for the taper in the cartridge, and said wing portion being convexed on the surface which engages the cartridge, so as to simulate a cartridge, and thereby offer the last cartridge to the breech bolt action in substantially the same position as it would be offered by one or more cartridges in front of the carrier.

of the pin'bolt 54 in grooves 56 (more clearly shown in Fig. 9) or, as in the case of the form shown in Figs. 11 and'14, the carrier may be passed through an opening formed by a hinged door 57 and secured in i place by inserting the pin bolt 54 through the stock of the rifle in the form of a bolt.

I The latter form is used when great strength is desired. In each of these forms,however,

there is provided a spring 58, which'is se-" cured at one end to the stationary pivot pin bolt 54, and at the opposite end to the carrier 52, so that when the spring is coiled under tension, it will automatically tend to uncoil, and revolve with it the carrier, thereby forcing the cartridges before -1t.

In each form, the carrier comprises a body oortion and a strai ht ri id win The wing may be integral with the body portion,

as indicated by the numeral 60 in Figs. 8, 9,

14, 16 and 17. In such an'event, the wing is secured rigidly to the body portion at. an inclination corresponding to the amount whichit is desired to elevate the front end otthe cartridge, 1n transferrlng v1t from the magazine to the breech well. 1 In other I words, the wing in all forms of my invention is arranged at considerable angle-to a alane intersectin it and assin' throu h or coinciding with the axis of rotation ofthe' carrier, whereby, as indicated in Figs.

14, 16 and 17, the cartridges areall disposed around said axis, each with its front or bullet end well in advance of the rear end,

- and as a result of this spiral disposition of the SBIlGS of cartridges, each cartrldge as 1t" reaches the stationary lip adjacent the 'receiv'er will have'its bullet end well elevated,

toward the axis of the gun bore,-such action being due to the effect of the advanced bullet end of the next-cartridge passing beneath the same, see Fig. 15, which it willbenoted indicates the position of the cartridge imloo mediately after the breech bolt has beenre tracted. In other words, the bullet end is be ing automatically elevated, by virtue of the spring 58 and form of the carrier, during practically the whole time the breech bolt is being retracted. For'these reasons, there" fore, my 'niagazine structure is capable of such rapid operation as to adapt it for use in automatic firearms, a fact not heretofore possible with any other design of cylindrical magazines of whlch I am aware. The form and arrangement of the wing are such that the last cartridge in the magazine will be acted upon 1n substantially the same way as any other cartridge will be affected by the next succeeding cartridge, as above set forth.v

In the form shown in Figs. 8 wing, indicated at 61, is disclosed asbeing pivotally connected at one end to the body of the carrier, by means of a pin 63, and adand 4,the

justably connected at the other end bymeans of a pin 64, which engages a slot 65 in the wing.

For the purpose of normally urging the movable endof the wing to 1ts greatest inclination with the axis of rotation of the carrier 52, there is provided a spring :66,

mounted on the pin 63 and secured at one end to the body of the carrier, and at'the are cut in the receiver to receive them. By continuing the pressure on the sleeve, the

bolt commences to turn in this position, and

' sleeve shdlngly mounted in said receiver, a breech bolt mounted 1n said sleeve, a firingthe cams draw it away from the hammer and finish the cocking of the rifle. This front camming action takes place during one-half of the stroke of the sleeve over the bolt, or while the sleeve travels three-quarters of an inch. The lugs have now arrived at the dead cross face at a right angle to the axis of the rifle, and during the last onehalf of the forward motion of the sleeve, the lugs are turned in until their full face rests on the faces of the grooves out for them in the receiver. It will thus be seen that there is no possible chance of the breech bolt being opened by the pressure of an explosion in front of it when the gun is fired. The front cross grooves which the bolt lugs 29 enter have a draw of one-quarter of an inch during the one-sixth of a revolution of the bolt, or about one-quarter of an inch while the bolt turns about three-eighths of an inch, allowing the breech bolt to force the cartridge into the chamber.

It will be noted that the sleeve 83 closes over the cams when in its rearmost position to prevent dust, dirt, etc., from entering and clogging the mechanism. It will be further noted that the extractor 42 covers the sleeve, bolt and cams, thereby keeping the screw threads on the sleeve and bolt, and the cams, free from foreign particles.

While I have shown several embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the specific details thereof, but desire to be protected in various changes, modifications and alterations which may come within the scope of the appended claims. It is to be understood, furthermore, that the foregoing references to specific dimensions are to be interpreted as illustrations only, by way of comparison, and I do not intend them to be limitations, reserving the right to construct the several parts of any suitable sizes or relative proportions.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a magazine, of a cartridge carrier mounted in said magazine and comprising a body portion formed in two parts movable relatively to each other, a wing secured at each end to said parts, and an individual spring for rotating each of said parts.

2. The combination with a receiver, of a sleeve mounted in said receiver, said receiver having longitudinally extending grooves therein, said sleeve having lugs thereon, adapted to engage said grooves, said lugs having slots therein, a bearing plate located in one of said slots in one of said lugs, a breech bolt mounted within said sleeve, and

an extractor slidingly mounted in the other of said slots in the other of said lugs.

3. The combination with a receiver, of-a pin sleeve mounted in said breech bolt and having lugs on its forward end, engaging said breech bolt so as to prevent the rearward motion of said sleeve relative to said breech bolt, a firing pin slidingly mounted in said sleeve, a hammer connected to said firing pin, a cam on said breech bolt, and a cam on said hammer adapted to cooperate with said cam on said breech bolt to separate said hammer and said breech bolt, said last-mentioned cam being spaced apart from said firing pin to form a cavity, into which said firing pin sleeve may pass.

4. The combination with a receiver, of'a sleeve mounted in said receiver, said receiver having longitudinally extending grooves therein, said sleeve having lugs thereon adapted to engage said grooves, said lugs having slots therein, a bearing plate located in one of said slots in one of said lugs, a breech bolt within said sleeve, said breech bolt having a screw threaded connection with said sleeve, an extractor slidingly mounted in the other of said slots in the other of said lugs, a hammer, spring connections between said hammer and said bolt, whereby said hammer and said bolt are normally urged toward each other, cooperating cams on said hammer and-said bolt, for forcing said hammer and said bolt apart when said sleeve is moved in said receiver, and means for locking said hammer and said bolt in theirseparated positions.

5. The combination with a receiver, of a sleeve mounted in said receiver, said receiver having longitudinally extending grooves therein, said sleeve having lugs thereon adapted to engage said grooves, said'lugs having slots therein, a bearing plate located in one of said slots in one of said lugs, a breech bolt within said sleeve, said breech bolt having a screw threaded connection with said sleeve, an extractor slidingly mounted in the other of said slots in the other of said lugs and connected to the bolt,

a hammer, spring connections between said hammer and said bolt, whereby said hammer and said bolt are normally urged toward each other. cooperating cams on said hammer and said bolt, for forcing said hammer and said bolt apart when said sleeve is moved in said receiver, means for locking said hammer and said bolt in their separated positions, means for limiting the motion of said bolt, and means for limiting the motion of said sleeve.

6. The combination with a receiver, of a breech bolt mounted in said receiver and having a plurality of threads on its outer surface, a sleeve, having, a plurality of threads' on its inner surface, mounted on said-1 breech bolt said receiver having longitudinally extending grooves therein, said sleeve having lugs thereon adapted to engage said grooves to prevent the rotation of said sleeve, said lugs having slots therein, a bearing-plate located in one of said slots in one of said lugs, an extractor slidingly mounted in the other of said slots in the other of said lugs and connected to the belt, a firing pin mounted in said breech bolt, a hammer connected to said firing pin, cams on said hammer and said breech bolt coiiperating with each other to force said hammer andsaid breech bolt apart, and a spring connected to said firing pin and to said breech bolt and adapted to. normally urge said hammer and breech bolt toward each other, the. limit of motion of said breech bolt and said sleeve and, the pitch of said screw thread and said cams; being such that the points of said cams will I have slipped by each other before the complete travel in one direction of said sleeve, so that said breech bolt Will be dra'wn'toward said hammer for the remainder of the. motion of said sleeve in the same. direction, under the influence of said spring.

7. The comb nation with a magazine, of

a cartridge carrierrotatably mounted insaid magazine, said cartridge carrier comprising a body portion and awstraight; rigid Wing inovably connected to said body portion and extending at. an angle to the plane passing through the axis of the body portion, the connecting means for the Wing providing for a variation in; said angle during the retation of the carrier.

8; The combination with a. magazine, of a cartridge carrier rotatably mounted in said magazine, said, cartridge carrier comprising a bodyporti'on and a-Wing pivotally connected at opposite'ends, to said body portion and extending at an angle to the axis, of rotation of said cartridge carrier, and a spring for rotating saideartridge carrier.

,9. The combination with a. magazine, of accartridge carrier rotatably mounted in said magazine, said cartridge carrier com; prisinga bodyportion, and a. Wing. pivotally connected to said body portion on a substancopies or this patent maybe obtained 10:;

tially longitudinal axis and extending at an angle to the axis of rotation of said cara tridge carrienand a spring for rotating sald cartridge carrier.

10. The combination Witha magazine, of a cartridge carrier rotatably mounted in said magazine, said cartridge carrier comprising a body portion and ja Wing connected to said body portion, such connection providing that the Wing shall be capable of angular as Well as circumferential movement with respect to the axis of the carrier.

11. The combination with a magazine, of a cartridge carrier rotatably mounted in said magazine, said cartridge carriercom-. prising a' body portion and a Wing connected to said body portion and extending .at an '70 angle to, the axis of rotation 013 said car tridgecarrier, whereby all the cartridges are carried around such axis with one end of. each Well in advance of the other, and means for permitting an angular motion of said Wing relative [o the axis of rotation of said cartridge earner. a r 12. The COIIlbll'lELtlOll with amagazmc,of

a a. cartridge carrier in said magazine, and

means to rotate the cartridge carrier in the magazine, said cartridge carrier comprisin a body portion having a: circumferenti elliptical concavity adjacent its: rear end adapted to conform to the cylindrical part of a cartridge arranged therein at, an angle 5 to the axis of the body portion, forthe purpose set: forth.v I a a 13. The combination with. a magazine, of a a cartridge carrier in said magazine, and

means to rotate the cartridge carrier in the magazine, said cartridge: carrier comprising a body portionv havin an elliptical, concavity extending circum erentiallyaround the rear end and a Wing: consisting of astraight rigid member pivotally connected to said 5 body portion at an angle to a plane inter seating-it and coinciding with the axis-10f the carrier, for the purpose set forth,

In testimony whereof I- have signed my, name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. e

five cents each, by addressing thev ficiri inissi oner of Estonia. Washington, D. C." i 

